anyone been to hertha berlin?
any good?
where is the stadium relative to the centre? i have limited time in berlin and not sure if spending half a day getting to and from stadium and watching a match will be better than doing other berlin stuff.

Was excellent. Stadium is on the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn, about 30 mins from the centre. Crowd is awesome, should be able to get a ticket on the day unless it's against Bayern or Dortmund I should think. Can get beer inside the stadium and massive pretzels and there's lots of places on the short walk from the station(s) to the stadium for that stuff too.

Worth visiting even if not for a game. For football in Berlin though, got to be Union Berlin. Intimate stadium in a forest, cheap prices, better atmosphere and decent football. I'm going again next week vs. Karlsruhe!

They've got an experienced manager and have bought some good young players. Altrincham have had a terrible start and just sacked their manager. It's the National League North, i think, one below the Conference. Salford, FC United, Stockport, Altrincham, Curzon Ashton all in it, and Moneybags Fylde and a few others.

It was all ticket for away fans but we haven't sold out so it's been relaxed.
County ought to win but we've been pretty shit so far this season - made hard work of the wins we have got and been awful in a couple of games.
Neil Young gone from Alty - wouldn't back either side with any confidence to be honest.

Fylde will runaway with this division after Christmas - were the best side we played last year and now they've switched to full time and have the cash to throw about as well.

Some Championship clubs tickets start from £10, but it doesn't reflect the cost of an average ticket. Likewise with Arsenal's £100 tickets. For Altrincham's level (six including the Premier League) £12 is about average. Altrincham are charging £14 today for arguably their biggest game of the season.

You've also got to bear in mind that clubs will price tickets according to fanbase. Your club's average attendance is ten times that of Altrincham which gives them more scope to price tickets accordingly rather than relying on a tiny hardcore of regulars. There's also probably nowhere near as much competition for support from bigger local clubs beyond the obvious.

When I go to see National League games it tends to be between around £12-20 depending on the club, where you are in the ground, etc. But as kik says, these clubs are far more dependent on gate receipts, so I don't particularly mind that.

Was last night. Local Derby in Hamburg, SC Victoria vs Altona 93 (who are the sister club to Dulwich Hamlet). They play in the Oberliga Hamburg which is on the regionalised, 5th tier, 10€ for the two of us, lovely atmosphere etc.

Game was 2-2 after Altona pulled back from 2-0 down, SCV had a free kick at the death, which they scored from, but not before the ref ended the game leading to some #scenes

70 minutes of passes straight out of play. 20 minutes of pure Walcott. The commentators quietly ignoring Rooney stinking up the joint. Stumbling the ball into the net through sheer, unwitting attrition. Slo mo of Sam Allardyce's face. England national football team, for the foreseeable.